Hi list, I am not sure this is the list to rant about the "Installation Server" YaST module, but here goes: I have installed SLES 9 (RC5 - I was told that it was the GM) on a host and want to make a CD for auto-installation. I did that with SLES 8 and it was a mess because of "multiple installation sources." With SLES 8 i ended up dropping SLES and just using UnitedLinux plus my own packages. OK, now on to the problems I have with SLES 9. a) I have tried different combinations of packages (CDs) in a single or different repositories. You can see the directory listings at the bottom of this mail (appendix A). 1) Both SLES and CORE - one package repository First I tried making one (Installation Server -> Change -> Add -> Source Name: "all9" -> [X] Use ISO Images Instead of CDs -> select each of the six ISOs) with both SLES 9 and CORE 9. I am able to select this in Software Source Media (it identifies itself as "SUSE SLES Version 9"), but I am unable to install any packages from it. Only the installed packaged are shown in Install and Remove Software. 2) Only SLES Then I tried making a repository with only the SLES CD (#1). I used the same procedure as above, but called it "sles9" and only selected the first ISO. When I select it in Software Source Media (it also identifies itself as "SUSE SLES Version 9"), I get the exact same result as before: No installable packages. 3) Only CORE Then I tried making a repository with only the CORE CDs (#2-6). I used the same procedure again, and called it "core9". When I select it in Software Source Media (it identifies itself as "SUSE CORE Version 9"), I am able to install packages from it. But - obviously - I can only install the CORE packages. 4) Both SLES and CORE - two different package repositories If I select both the package repository that I named "sles9" and the one I named "core9", I am still able to install the CORE packages, but still not the SLES packages. The result is the same, no matter which is first in the Software Source Media list. b) When I use the CD Creator YaST module, I get an "Error while writing settings" at "Saving CD Creator Configuration," no files are copied to the selected directory and no ISO file is created. This is the same, no matter if I select Packages by "Package Manager" or "AutoYaST Control File," and no matter if I select CORE, SLES or both as package source. I have tried to locate online documentation about this, but so far I haven't found any. Am I looking in the wrong places? I hope someone can help, or tell me where to go looking for help about this, as I would like to get started with using SLES 9 in our production environment. Best regards, Morten Appendix (I guess this mail is getting long) A) 1) mopo@flimmer-new:~> find all9/ -type d all9/ all9/yast all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1/suse all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1/suse/i586 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1/suse/i686 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1/suse/setup all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1/suse/setup/descr all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1/suse/noarch all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD1/media.1 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD2 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD2/suse all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD2/suse/i586 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD2/suse/i686 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD2/suse/noarch all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD2/media.2 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD3 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD3/suse all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD3/suse/src all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD3/suse/i586 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD3/suse/i686 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD3/suse/noarch all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD3/media.3 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD4 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD4/suse all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD4/suse/src all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD4/suse/nosrc all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD4/media.4 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD5 all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD5/suse all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD5/suse/src all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD5/suse/nosrc all9/SUSE-CORE-Version-9/CD5/media.5 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/boot all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/boot/loader all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/de all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/en all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/es all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/fr all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/ja all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/it all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/ko all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/HOWTOs all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/pt_BR all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/zh_CN all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse/src all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse/i586 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse/nosrc all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse/setup all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse/setup/descr all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse/noarch all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/yast all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/yast/core9 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/yast/core9/suse all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/yast/core9/suse/setup all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/yast/core9/suse/setup/descr all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/yast/core9/media.1 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/lfn all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/ext2tool all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/ext2tool/src all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/ext2tool/sys all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/ext2tool/linux all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/ext2tool/ext2fs all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips/fips15 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips/fips15/restorrb all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips/fips15/source all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips/fips20 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips/fips20/restorrb all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips/fips20/source all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/gzip all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/rawrite all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/putty all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/untgz all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/loadlin all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/loadlin/doc all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/loadlin/src all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/dparam all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/zipzp715 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/ltools all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/gtar109 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/weirdx all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/weirdx/config all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/xfs186 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/tightvnc all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/xfs32-11 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/pkunzip all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/rawwritewin all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/install all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/media.1 all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/de all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/cz all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/es all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/fr all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/it all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/nl all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/pl all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/en_US all9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/pt_BR mopo@flimmer-new:~> ls -l all9/ |cut -b 24- 28 2004-09-20 13:08 boot -> SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/boot 31 2004-09-20 13:08 content -> SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/content 35 2004-09-20 13:08 control.xml -> SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/control.xml 31 2004-09-20 13:08 media.1 -> SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/media.1 168 2004-09-20 13:19 SUSE-CORE-Version-9 72 2004-09-20 13:08 SUSE-SLES-Version-9 104 2004-09-20 13:23 yast 2) mopo@flimmer-new:~> find sles9/ -type d sles9/ sles9/yast sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9 sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1 sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/boot sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/boot/loader sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/de sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/en sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/es sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/fr sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/ja sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/it sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/ko sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/HOWTOs sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/pt_BR sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/docu/zh_CN sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse/src sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse/i586 sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse/nosrc sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse/setup sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse/setup/descr sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/suse/noarch sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/yast sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/yast/core9 sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/yast/core9/suse sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/yast/core9/suse/setup sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/yast/core9/suse/setup/descr sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/yast/core9/media.1 sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/lfn sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/ext2tool sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/ext2tool/src sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/ext2tool/sys sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/ext2tool/linux sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/ext2tool/ext2fs sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips/fips15 sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips/fips15/restorrb sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips/fips15/source sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips/fips20 sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips/fips20/restorrb sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/fips/fips20/source sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/gzip sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/rawrite sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/putty sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/untgz sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/loadlin sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/loadlin/doc sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/loadlin/src sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/dparam sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/zipzp715 sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/ltools sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/gtar109 sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/weirdx sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/weirdx/config sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/xfs186 sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/tightvnc sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/xfs32-11 sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/pkunzip sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/rawwritewin sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/dosutils/install sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/media.1 sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/de sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/cz sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/es sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/fr sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/it sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/nl sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/pl sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/en_US sles9/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/SLES-LICENSE/pt_BR mopo@flimmer-new:~> ls -l sles9/ |cut -b 24- 28 2004-09-20 13:34 boot -> SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/boot 31 2004-09-20 13:34 content -> SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/content 35 2004-09-20 13:34 control.xml -> SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/control.xml 31 2004-09-20 13:34 media.1 -> SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1/media.1 72 2004-09-20 13:34 SUSE-SLES-Version-9 48 2004-09-20 13:34 yast 3) mopo@flimmer-new:~> find core9/ -type d core9/ core9/suse core9/suse/src core9/suse/i586 core9/suse/i686 core9/suse/nosrc core9/suse/setup core9/suse/setup/descr core9/suse/noarch core9/media.1 core9/media.2 core9/media.3 core9/media.4 core9/media.5 mopo@flimmer-new:~> ls -l core9/ |cut -b 24- 3906522 2004-07-02 20:19 ARCHIVES.gz 3734181 2004-07-02 20:17 ChangeLog 604 2004-07-02 20:15 content 31 2004-07-02 20:18 directory.yast 23022 2004-07-02 20:21 INDEX.gz 42719 2004-07-02 20:19 ls-lR.gz 128 2004-07-02 20:18 media.1 96 2004-07-02 20:19 media.2 96 2004-07-02 20:19 media.3 96 2004-07-02 20:19 media.4 96 2004-07-02 20:19 media.5 192 2004-07-02 20:15 suse -- Morten K. 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